Monday, December 16, 2019
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Recognitions
Career & Technical Education

Kentucky CTE professionals receive regional honors

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Two Kentucky Career and Technical Education professionals were named regional award winners at the Association for Career and Technical Education Region 2 Conference in Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 5.
Aaron Meadows, center, a 7th- and 8th-grade history teacher at Paris Middle School (Paris Independent) watches as his students vie for T-shirts being thrown into the crowd at a kickoff celebration for GEAR UP Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Photo by Mike Marsee, Sept. 25, 2019
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GEAR UP Kentucky putting low-income students on path to success

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Students in 12 school districts will be the latest to participate in a program designed to help prepare students in low-income communities for success in postsecondary education.
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Nine semifinalists named for Kentucky Teacher of the Year

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Nine outstanding educators from across the state – three elementary, three middle and three high school teachers – are semifinalists for the 2020 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, the Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline™ announced April 26.
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24 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Award winners named

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The Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline Inc. have selected 24 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2020 Valvoline™ Teacher Achievement Awards.
Garrett Duncan, right, a student at Calloway County High School, interviews with Allyson Foster, an executive adviser in the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services. The interview is part of a program in which high school students interested in a career in social work can obtain apprenticeships in local DCBS offices. Duncan was the first student enrolled in the pilot program, which fills a need in a field in which it can be difficult to recruit and retain workers. Photo submitted
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Home-grown help in social services staffing

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A new apprenticeship program allows high schools students to work in local offices of the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services.
Clark County FFA members sort and box nonperishable food items collected during the organization’s annual food drive. Altogether 100 families received food baskets for the Thanksgiving holiday. Submitted photo by Terra Pigg
Career & Technical Education

FFA members attacking hunger one community at a time

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With 1 in 6 Kentuckians identified as food insecure, FFA members and chapters from across the Commonwealth are doing their part to eliminate hunger in a variety of ways.
Deborah Hensley, an 8th-grade science teacher at Adair Couty Middle School, sorts through birdseed to find beads as part of a lesson used to demonstrate more sustainable mining techniques during the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association teachers' workshop. The workshop was revived after a one-year absence, with an emphasis on providing lessons aligned with Kentucky standards. Photo by Bobby Ellis, June 21, 2017
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Going beneath the surface for a better PD

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Teachers mined a wealth of information and materials for their classrooms at a workshop held by the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association.
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Gov. Bevin makes appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions

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Gov. Matt Bevin made several appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions.
Isabell Hagan, a 5th-grader at Field Elementary School (Jefferson County), rides on a gyroscopic chair at the STLP State Championship. Photo by Bobby Ellis, April 12, 201`7
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STLP state championship

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Elementary, middle and high school students from all over the Commonwealth converged on the Lexington Convention Center April 12 with projects that dazzled the mind as part of the STLP State Championship.
Gary Houchens, a Bowling Green resident, is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership and Research at Western Kentucky University. Houchens was one of five new members sworn into the Kentucky Board of Education in June. Gary Houchens, a Bowling Green resident, is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership and Research at Western Kentucky University. Houchens was one of five new members sworn into the Kentucky Board of Education in June. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Oct. 5, 2016
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‘Education is my life’s work and great passion’

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New Kentucky Board of Education member Gary Houchens sees promise and challenges in Commonwealth’s system.
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